You may read about the life of Monsignor John Augustine Ryan in the Catholic Spirit [ publication of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis) in the July 13, 2023 edition, page 15. There is a nice article on him by Reba Luiken in her commentary "The man behind the name of a University of St. Thomas institute". That man is Monsignor John A. Ryan, oldest brother of Sister Mary John Ryan, CSJ.
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Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
The Secrete Service Headquarters had been in NYC for four years. Finally in 1874, it returns to Washington D.C.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, John Patrick, Dermot, Liam, Paddy, Donovan, Eamon, Eamonn, Kieran, Parnell, Aileen, Brennan.
Irish: shortened form of O'Ryan , an Anglicized form of Ó Riaghain (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Riaghan’, a personal name probably based on the word rí ‘king’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland, though there has been considerable confusion with Regan .
Irish: shortened from Mulryan (Ó Maoilriaghain).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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